Marine weather forecasts have been unreliable because they lack accurate real-time data. Our privately-owned network of open ocean sensors fills this data gap and reduces uncertainty in marine weather forecasts by up to 50%. A few lines of code give you more accurate real-time conditions and the best forecasts across our world's oceans.
Access our marine weather forecast API today and sign up for a free 30-day trial.
We build and deploy our own marine weather sensors, which allows us to maintain and operate the largest privately-owned marine weather sensor network in the world.
Our network provides unprecedented access to real-time ocean weather data and makes the Sofar Marine Weather Forecast better than any other.
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Data is the key to better weather forecasts. To get all our data into our models, we use the latest advances in data-assimilation strategies and machine learning.
Our models already reduce forecast uncertainty by up to 50%. And we continue to improve our data-assimilation strategies every day.
Our goal is to make access to ocean data easy. Our API is designed to provide seamless integration of our data into your products and offerings.
We currently offer three different API packages.
Marine Weather API
Access to the best marine weather forecasts anywhere in the world.
Wave Spectra API
Access to 16-day forecasts of 2D wave spectra anywhere in the world.
Spotter Sensor API
Access to our global network of Spotter buoys, both real-time and historical.
We are passionate about enabling you to collect ocean data and explore the underwater world. Our ocean tools are built to last, designed for usability and affordability, and validated to provide high-fidelity ocean data.
Get real-time marine weather data anywhere.
Wind, Wave, and Temperature Data
Spotter collects 3D displacement time series and water temperature data. The 2D wave spectrum, surface wind velocity, and Sea Surface Temperature (SST) are calculated and stored onboard, and user-selected data is transmitted through satellite to the Spotter Dashboard.
Compact & Portable
Spotter can be shipped anywhere around the world, carried by hand, and deployed without any special equipment.
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Explore the underwater world with ease.
Tough & Portable
Trident is a ruggedized underwater tool, designed to operate in any condition. The ultra-compact and lightweight design make it easy to carry in your backpack, and launch from your kayak. Trident's speed and maneuverability can get you to places that divers can’t go.
Amazing Underwater Video
Stream live from your phone or tablet in low-latency, and record in full HD simultaneously.
Elegant Controls
Trident’s intuitive controls make it easy to fly so you can focus on the mission at hand. For remote missions, the Strider autonomous surface vehicle can provide topside communications to Trident.
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Get real-time access to your underwater sensors.
Sensor modularity
Spotter + Smart Mooring provide unprecedented flexibility and modularity. The system is designed to integrate with most sensors. You pick the sensor and at what depth you want it, we take care of the rest.
Easy Deployment
Smart Mooring + Spotter comes as a single package that can be deployed from any size vessel. After deployment, data will start flowing to your Dashboard and API. It is that simple.
Real-time Data
Never worry about whether your sensor is working. Data from sensors is available in real-time in the Spotter Dashboard and API so you always know what is going on.
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Our products are used worldwide by amazing people and organizations to collect data, create ocean awareness, and build ocean industries.
Oceanographic Consultancy
After a year-long 4,000 mile voyage through the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean, while being exposed to some of the largest waves on the planet, Spotters cross the stormy waters of the Drake Passage.
Educational Program
Trident captures the excitement of underwater discovery, giving the controls to participants and bringing them a real-life experience of underwater science.
Marine renewables
Wave Swell Energy has partnered with Sofar to deploy a Spotter for their wave energy project on King Island, Tasmania, Australia, to demonstrate the commercial viability of their proprietary Uniwave technology when deployed at large scale.
Oceanographic Consultancy
Spotter buoy in Fiji is using new approaches to monitor surrounding coastal waters. It uses a combination of temperature and wave height monitoring sensors deployed on a moored buoy to provide high resolution ocean data for researchers, policy-makers and maritime commerce.
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